Sunrisers Hyderabad and Brisbane Heat are OFFICIALLY ELIMINATED from the CLT20 tournament.
BREAKING: The match has been ABANDONED without a ball being bowled. There were too many water puddles on the ground. Sunrisers Hyderabad's CLT20 campaign has come to an END on a sour note here.
Match Update: The umpires will do an INSPECTION at 21:02 Local Time.
BAD NEWS: It's still RAINING at the Sardar Patel stadium in Ahmedabad. The Super Soppers are on the field right now but the scenes are not looking great at the moment.
WHAT'S AT STAKE: Sunrisers Hyderabad need to WIN today in order to keep themselves in contention of making the semi-finals cut. While, Brisbane Heat will be eyeing a consolation win to spoil Hyderabad's PARTY.
Sunrisers Hyderabad were OUTSTANDING in the qualifying stage, but have only managed to win just one game in the group stage. Shikhar Dhawan-led IPL giants have suffered BACK-TO-BACK losses against Titans and Chennai. The team is on the verge of being KNOCKED OUT of the tournament depending on the outcome of today's CLASH. The inability of the middle-order to CAPITALIZE on good starts has been the main reason behind Hyderabad's dismal show. JP Duminy, Hanuma Vihari and Ashish Reddy have not been able to CONTRIBUTE with the bat. The bowling department has also DISAPPOINTED the IPL giants with Ishant, Sammy and Perera conceding one too many runs. Sunrisers Hyderabad have ONE LAST CHANCE to redeem themselves and stay in contention for the semi-finals spot by winning today. But for that to happen, Hyderabad's batting unit has got to CLICK as a unit.
With three losses on the trot, Brisbane Heat are already OUT of the tournament. While they were comprehensively OUTLASTED by Trinidad and Tobago, Brisbane will be gutted that they FAILED to chase down a modest 124 against the Titans, which consigned them to the bottom of the group. Batting has been the biggest cause of WORRY for the men from Queensland. The top-order has more often than not flattered to deceive and have thrown away their starts. LOSING wickets in clusters has been the biggest problem for the team. It has inadvertently left the middle and lower middle order to do PLENTY OF WORK, something that they have not been able to cope up with. Joe Burns and Chris Lynn are two players who have been rated pretty high in Australian domestic circles, but the pair have struggled to raise their game in the tournament so far. Some strange GAMBLES have not bore fruit either. The Australian champions will be eyeing a CONSOLATION win today to spoil Hyderabad's party.
Teams(from):
Sunrisers Hyderabad: Parthiv Patel(wk), Shikhar Dhawan(c), Jean-Paul Duminy, Hanuma Vihari, Biplab Samantray, Thisara Perera, Darren Sammy, Karan Sharma, Dale Steyn, Amit Mishra, Ishant Sharma, Ashish Reddy, Anand Rajan, Cameron White
Brisbane Heat: James Hopes(c), Dominic Michael, Chris Lynn, Daniel Christian, Joe Burns, Chris Hartley(wk), Chris Sabburg, Ben Cutting, Matthew Gale, Cameron Gannon, Nathan Hauritz, Peter Forrest, Alister McDermott, Alex Kemp, Kemar Roach, Bradley Ipson
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